When Natalie and I went back home to Indy for the week, my sweet brother got us tickets to the Purdue game. He works in the equipment department for the basketball team, but scored us some awesome tickets to the football game and showed us all around the facilities. It was so cool to get a behind the scenes look.
As an aside, did you know he has to scan his hand before the door will open to the locker room? I mean, I pretty much bleed black and gold but seriously Purdue? This isn't a bank vault. It's a Big Ten locker room. Pretty sure that money could be better spent elsewhere.
Anyway...I was whipping out my camera everywhere and making Matt take pictures of me nonstop. Matt and my parents were quite annoyed but I couldn't help it! I mean, I was in the locker room! And sitting where Matt Painter sits! Hello, people. This is a big deal!
Me and my bro in the football locker room before the game
This is where the head basketball coach watches film. Pretty cool huh? I wonder if Gene sat here or if this is a new purchase since he retired? Let's just pretend this is the exact same chair Coach Keady sat in, okay? Living the dream...
Hummel's locker. What a mess...
And yes, I am carrying around my breast pump with me. Life of a nursing mom...
Basketball players' film room. Those chairs were so comfortable! I could've stayed right there and taken a nap...
This is a view from where I was sitting at the film screen, which is really just the entire wall. Matt was beyond thrilled to be there let alone get his picture taken. What can I say, I married a Hoosier.
Needless to say I had a blast. We won...I got to walk around campus and reminisce about dorm rooms, old friends, frat parties, and all night bar hopping...and I got to have my favorite calzone from Love Shack as well as a Den Pop. Pretty much a fantastic day.
AND, I left Natalie with my in laws for the whole day and she didn't die. Can you believe it? She survived being taken care of by people that love her as much as I do? I know, right. And I only called twice. Pretty impressive, huh?
4 comments:
looks like a fun time!
So Cool! When I was in HS we had season tix to the women's bball team, when they were in their glory, my Aunt worked for them, but her Mom was the Coach's secretary so I would always ride to the games with my aunt and then wander all around the bowels of Mackey. Such fun memories!
SO fun! :) I married a Hoosier too!
Um how awesome is that?!?! I would kill to get into one of my favorite teams locker rooms!!
I've actually been to Purdue, my Senior year at Ohio State we took a road trip. It was so fun! Is there still a bar there called Harry's Chocolate Shop?? Let's just say my BFF and I had one too many drinks and leave it at that! :)
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